Effect of pregnancy and 5α-pregnan-3α-ol-20-one on atrial receptor afferent discharge in rats

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 287, Issue 6 56-6, 2004, Pages

  Storey, Elaine ^a   Kaufman, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Baroreceptors; Blood volume; Cardiopulmonary receptors; Pregnancy; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

5 ALPHA PREGNANE 3 ALPHA OL 20 ONE; PREGNANE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DEOXYCORTICOSTERONE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; TETRAHYDRODEOXYCORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; VAGUS NERVE; ANIMAL; BREEDING; DRUG EFFECT; GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS PROCEDURES AND TECHNIQUES; HEART ATRIUM; LONG EVANS RAT; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; DESOXYCORTICOSTERONE; DILATATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS;

EID: 21644460965     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00693.2003     Document Type: Article

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